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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was A Rebours first translated to English?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1902.

2. Whose portrait of Montesquiou appeared on the 1967 cover of Against Nature?
(a) Dali's.
(b) Picasso's.
(c) Boldini's.
(d) Sargent's.

3. At what museum did the author first see the painting that inspired this book?
(a) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(b) The National Portrait Gallery.
(c) The Guggenheim Museum.
(d) The Jeffrey Parks Art Gallery.

4. Who wrote the play Love is the Best Medicine?
(a) Alexandre Laboulbene.
(b) Jean Lorrain.
(c) Georges-Charles de Heeckeren.
(d) Moliere.

5. When did Dr. Pozzi arrive in Paris to study medicine?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1874.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1860.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Liberty and Co. located when it opened in London?

2. What was the name of Samuel Pozzi's mother?

3. Who wrote the novel A Rebours?

4. Where is Dr. Pozzi's right hand in the painting by Sargent?

5. Pushkin was killed in a duel with whom in 1837?

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